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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Wadugodapitiya, Surangikaa; b | Sakamoto, Makotoa; | Sugita, Kaitoa | Morise, Yusukec | Tanaka, Masaeid | Kobayashi, Koichia
Affiliations: [a] Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan | [b] Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | [c] Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan | [d] Niigata Institute for Health and Sports Medicine, Niigata, Japan
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Professor Makoto Sakamoto, PhD, Biomechanics Laboratory, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University, 2-746 Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8518, Japan. Tel./Fax: +81 25 227 0963; E-mail: sakamoto@clg.niigata-u.ac.jp
Abstract: BACKGROUND:In vivo evaluation of the elastic properties of the knee joint capsule has not been adequately performed. OBJECTIVES:To establish a methodology to assess the stiffness of the normal knee joint capsule over a range of knee flexion angles using ultrasound elastography. METHODS:Ultrasound elastography with an acoustic coupler was used to assess the stiffness of the anteromedial capsule of the knee joints of 10 male (mean age 22.63 ± 1.02 years) and 10 female (mean age 21.6 ± 0.8 years) subjects at static knee flexion angles of 0°, 45°, 90°, and 120°. Relative stiffness of the capsule was obtained using the strain ratio (SR), defined as the ratio of the strain in the capsule to that in the acoustic coupler. RESULTS:The intraclass correlation coefficient (1, 3) ranged from 0.95 to 0.96, and the correlation coefficient between examiners (2, 3) was 0.94. SR values decreased significantly as the flexion angle increased (P < 0.01). At 90° and 120°, it was significantly higher in female than in male subjects (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS:This study established a feasible and reproducible method to obtain the stiffness characteristics of the anteromedial knee joint capsule using ultrasound elastography with an acoustic coupler.
Keywords: Knee joint capsule, ultrasound elastography, relative stiffness, strain ratio, knee flexion, sex-specific
DOI: 10.3233/BME-191046
Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 219-230, 2019
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